Application management : Configuration : External BO links : Field descriptions : Externally managed BO field configurations
Externally managed BO field configurations
Partly mandatory and optional configuration for fields on a BO that must be used for mappings or must be able to be editable on a BO that is consumed from an external system.
Field
Description
External Business object definition
A reference to the externally managed BO that will be used for mappings
Base BO field definition
A reference to the field from the External BO that will be used for mapping
Field updates allowed by owner?
A Yes/No field that will allow or prevent further updates of the selected external field.
Prefix
A code that will be added to the consumed field value in order to make it unique in Planon.
External code
The unique ID that identifies business objects in both the current system and the external system.
* 
The combination of the external system and the external code is unique.